[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17674]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING DR. JOHN BARDO FOR HIS 15 YEARS OF SERVICE AS CHANCELLOR OF 
                      WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

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                           HON. HEATH SHULER

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 16, 2010

  Mr. SHULER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Western Carolina 
University Chancellor John Bardo. Mr. Bardo has served Western Carolina 
University since 1995 guiding the university through student and campus 
expansions and helping create a high quality residential Honors 
College. Mr. Bardo is a champion of education and deserves such 
commendation.
  Over the last 15 years, Dr. Bardo has led the faculty and staff 
members of Western Carolina towards recognition as a distinguished 
center for teaching and learning. Western Carolina led the way not only 
in North Carolina but across the country in requiring that all students 
own a computer in order to take maximum advantage of online information 
and communications. This standard is common practice throughout college 
and universities today but was spearheaded by the work of Dr. Bardo.
  During Dr. Bardo's tenure, Western Carolina adopted a unique and 
innovative tenure and promotion policy to award faculty members for 
going beyond traditional teaching, research and service. This cutting-
edge approach rewards faculty members' scholarly activities and 
stresses emboldened links between student's academic and 
extracurricular activities. This leading-edge approach is regarded as a 
national model by higher education associations.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in recognizing the 
accomplishments of Dr. John Bardo for his accomplished work as 
Chancellor of Western Carolina University. I thank him for his 
contributions to Western North Carolina and wish him continual success 
as an educator.

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